As soon as she came out of Anheju, she wanted to put down her things and rest for a while, but she didn't have the strength to eat, and even the people and things fell to the ground.

The iron chestnut wood was very hard, and it didn't break even if it was smashed on the ground, but the relatively round piece spun around and rolled to a woman's feet.

"Yo, what is this sister holding?" Zhang Qiaoniang's voice sounded, a deliberately contrived sense of alienation.

Seeing Yuezhi coming out of it to lead Zhang Qiaoniang in, Zheng Lingyi didn't say a word to Zhang Qiaoniang, and with difficulty picked up two pieces of iron chestnut wood comparable to stones, and staggered towards Xiyuan.

Zhang Qiaoniang looked at her back very suspiciously, and pretended to be curious and asked Yuezhi, "Miss Yuezhi, what's wrong with this sister?" ”

Zhang Qiaoniang is very polite to these faceless maids in the past day, and occasionally sends some snacks to eat, so the relationship is not bad.

Yuezhi seemed to have some pity, and said softly: "I offended Madame, Madame took two pieces of iron chestnut wood and asked her to carve it into a ceremony for her brother, and she will ask for it next month." ”

"These sisters are so capable, and they can carve things." Zhang Qiaoniang smiled on her face, but she was very worried in her heart.

After all, Zhang Qiaoniang walked around more in the outer courtyard, and there were some inside things that were not good for her to know too much, so Yuezhi said a few perfunctory words and didn't elaborate.

Zheng Lingyi walked a few more steps, and when he saw that there was no one around, he hid the iron chestnut wood in a haystack in the corner of the wall.

She ran back to Xiyuan to get a small basket, and saw Qiaoxiu guarding her two younger sisters, so she called Lu Nong to help take the iron chestnut wood back.

Lu Nong put two pieces of wood in the basket and dragged them back to the West Garden, and felt a little difficult after walking a few steps, and the two did not dare to speak until they returned to the West Garden room.

"Sister, what's going on?" Lu Nong moved the iron chestnut wood to the desk where Zheng Lingyi usually wrote and painted, and turned around to see Zheng Lingyi sitting sullenly, rubbing his wrists.

"Madame punished me." Zheng Lingyi didn't know what he was thinking, so he only said it briefly.

"Madame punished you?" Lu Nong half-squatted down, rubbed his wrist for Zheng Lingyi, and said puzzledly: "What are you punishing, isn't it, isn't it our business for Mrs. to know?" ”

Midori talked to himself, scared himself, and even his eyes widened in fright.

Zheng Lingyi felt that her look was a little coke, and she even pulled the corners of her mouth and said, "No, today is the third sister who asks for a quiet and wants to choose Zhixia from herself." But even if she knew that Xia had a bad character, Mrs. felt that the third sister was slapping her in the face, so both of them were giving each other a look. ”

The smile was fleeting, Zheng Lingyi looked at the two pieces of brown-black iron chestnut wood expressionlessly, and said, "I guess, Madame doesn't want to see me and the third sister so intimate, so she used this errand to beat and torture me." ”

Lu Nong followed her line of sight, stepped forward and curiously poked the two pieces of wood with his fingernails, the wood was as smooth as new, without a trace of it.

"It's so hard, how can you carve it?" Midori said worriedly.

"I once saw a puppet carved from iron chestnut wood by my granddaughter, Shina, with lifelike eyebrows and meticulous eyes. It can be seen that there is nothing difficult in this world, only afraid of people with hearts. ”

Zheng Lingyi was not discouraged, as long as the Lu family didn't stomp on her with one kick, as long as she was given a chance to breathe, she could toss as much as she wanted.

"That's the craft of eating, and my sister has learned it, and it has to be honed over time. But Madame wants you to present the finished product next month, how can this be done? ”

Lu Nong's worries were not groundless, Zheng Ling thought about it for a while, and said, "I'll ask my granddaughter Shi first to see if she has a way." Where's the thing that Qiao Luo brought back to me yesterday? I'm going to take it with me. ”

The carving skills of the three-legged cat in her hand were also learned from her granddaughter Shi.

Lu Nong nodded, brought something to Zheng Lingyi, and watched her go out through the side door of Xiyuan.

The granddaughter Shi is very cold, and she closes the door in winter.

Zheng Lingyi only had to avoid the time when the maids delivered three meals, and kept her small bamboo building empty.

Now that spring is blooming, granddaughter Shi is probably willing to come out and walk around.

When Zheng Lingyi secretly went to look for her, he found her lying on the rocking chair at the door wrapped in a thick snow-white cloak, the slightly chilly spring breeze blowing a few strands of broken hair on the side of her sideburns, and her head was covered with a shabby book without a cover, and she seemed to be asleep.

The books at his feet were scattered, Zheng Lingyi picked up one, sat on the side of his granddaughter Shi, flipped a few pages, and said: "Nushi, how can you look at this kind of love and love." ”

A thin, shriveled hand stretched out and pulled out the book from Zheng Lingyi's hand.

Zheng Lingyi straightened up, smiled at his granddaughter Shi Le, and said, "You will lose weight in winter, and now that spring is in the spring, it's time to make up for it." ”

Granddaughter Shi opened her eyes and looked at Zheng Lingyi, her pupils were pale like amber, and her nose was high and pointed, which always gave people a feeling that it was difficult to get close to.

However, Zheng Lingyi knew that this was just an illusion.

"I came here empty-handed today, and I didn't bring anything to pay respects?" Granddaughter Shi is a little tired, but when she smiles, she still shows a little vividness.

Zheng Lingyi took out an oiled paper bag from his arms, which contained pieces of crystal sorbet candy.

"It's orange-flavored, here's mint-flavored." Zheng Ling pointed to several pieces of sorbet candy of different colors.

Granddaughter Shi saw at a glance that this was a kind of food sold in Kangning Fang outside.

Since it is made by the medicine shop, it must have put some small medicinal materials, which has the effect of nourishing qi and replenishing the body. What's even more rare is that this sorbet has no medicinal gas, which is very good for the mouth.

This boy has always been attentive. Granddaughter Shi sighed in her heart.

"I made a little money, but don't spend it all in a big way."

Granddaughter Shi was very sensible when she talked about others coming, but her monthly monthly salary was not all used to buy books. Zheng Lingyi didn't break it, but only obediently responded.

The two of them have secretly been teachers and friends for many years, and they don't have to be so polite when they speak, and granddaughter Shi listened to Zheng Lingyi's intentions and looked at the puppet on the table.

It was a juvenile-looking doll, if it weren't for the slightly bulging knot on the neck, and the battle armor on his body, just with that delicate facial features, Zheng Lingyi would almost think that it was a girl.

In fact, if it weren't for Zheng Lingyi's difficult situation at this time, she would definitely not mention this puppet.

Because there have been several times, Zheng Lingyi has seen his granddaughter Shi staring at this puppet in a daze, and her eyes are full of sadness and nostalgia.

She thought selfishly, this puppet probably represents a memory for her granddaughter's history that she wants to mention but can't mention.

Seeing that kind of look in his granddaughter Shi's eyes again, Zheng Lingyi felt a little remorseful and distressed.

Granddaughter Shi got up and walked towards the cabinet full of books, took out a wooden box from the bottom drawer, and handed it to Zheng Lingyi.

Zheng Lingyi opened it and saw that knives of different sizes were neatly placed in the box.

In addition to the round-edged cutter head that Zheng Lingyi is accustomed to, there are also flat-edged, curved-edged, beveled-edged and other shapes of knives, and Zheng Lingyi doesn't even know how to use these knives.

The head of the blade flashed with a cold light, and the hemp rope wrapped around the handle of the knife was slightly fluffy, this set of knives should have been used by the granddaughter Shi.

"Is the female history going to teach me more detailed carving techniques?" Zheng Lingyi held the box and looked up at his granddaughter Shi.

Granddaughter Shi was still standing in front of the bookcase, pulled out two more books, and threw them to Zheng Lingyi without looking back, saying: "It's beautiful, I'm going to give a lecture in Chen's Mansion two days after tomorrow, so I can't be empty." ”

Zheng Lingyi lowered his eyes and looked at the words 'Yin and Yang carved flowers like birds' written on the page, so he hugged it in his arms and wondered: "Chen Mansion? ”

Granddaughter Shi is a very smart person, although she doesn't like to gossip about others and turns a blind eye to the good and bad things in this house, but in her heart, she is very transparent.

She found a few more books and handed them to Zheng Lingyi and said: "The sister surnamed Chen has a better life than the surname Zheng, and no matter what the concubine is, she can learn." Chen Fu wanted to invite me to teach my sister this year, but my wife was not very happy and gave me a monthly increase, so I stayed. ”

"Madame didn't want to disobey Chen's wishes, but she didn't want to be too hostile to them, so she asked you to teach them for two days?"

Zheng Lingyi looked up at his granddaughter Shi when he spoke, only to see her smile slightly, tapped her chest, and said, "Sandpiper and clam compete for fishermen's profits, probably so." ”

There are few sisters in the Guogong Mansion who love their granddaughter Shi, and granddaughter Shi has money and doesn't have to work hard, so she is naturally comfortable.

She is so lazy, even more so when teaching Zheng Lingyi, a student who is given for nothing, the two often talk in a bull's head and not a horse's mouth.

Fortunately, Zheng Ling has a high level of understanding, and he can always understand the deep meaning in just a few words, otherwise if he changes others, even if he follows his granddaughter Shi every day, I am afraid that it will be difficult to pass on his true biography.

Zheng Yangyang actually secretly came to look for her granddaughter Shi earlier, but she was self-conscious, and she didn't feel happy with her granddaughter Shi's cold face, so she didn't come back after coming a few times.

Once collided with Zheng Lingyi, Zheng Lingyi had to hide in the inner room and didn't dare to come out, listening to Zheng Yangyang's high-minded talk for most of the day, and now he can't remember half of the sentence, so it can be seen that it's all nonsense.

"Madame has a lot of tricks to rub people." Granddaughter Shi made a pot of flower tea and glanced at Zheng Lingyi, who was flipping through the book while holding a piece of rotten wood to familiarize herself with the use of knives.

"Isn't it, if I have the opportunity in the future, I will write a book and write it down. It's called "A Hundred Tricks Without Blood". Zheng Lingyi said seriously.

Granddaughter Shi has been immersed in the local script recently, and has a lot of experience in this, so she said: "This title can't be sold as soon as you hear it, it should be called "The Fragrance Boudoir Codex". ”

Zheng Lingyi was speechless, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, and said: "The female history is well versed in what people in the market think. ”

The two were talking, when they suddenly heard a voice outside, and granddaughter Shi glanced out and hurriedly said, "Madam is here, you come into the house quickly!" ”

Zheng Lingyi jumped into the house with the knife box, and his granddaughter Shi kicked the books on carving under the futon, and sat down at the table, leisurely picking up the teacup and sipping.

It wasn't until Lu Shi entered the house that she got up with some surprise and said, "Why is Madame here?" ”